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Old May 24, 2006, 01:29 PM   #1
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New System!!!need Cool Ideas!!!

Ok heres the lowdown, i need a new system and iam startin to look at parts. I was wonderin what you guys would suggest. Budget: $600, processor: any Athlon, air cooled, mostly usin it for gaming. Well thats really it for now, just wonderin what you would say!
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Old May 24, 2006, 06:45 PM   #2
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Who is your power supply made by at the moment? You can keep you CD-Drives, Flatscreen and probably fool M$ into letting you use XP on this new PC by saying it was a small upgrade when the key doesn't activate. Do you want it to be futureproof (eg PCI-E which I think may be cheaper now anyway)? Post a reply and I may be able to help you chose some components tommorrow.
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Old May 24, 2006, 11:59 PM   #3
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Not sure but I think it says powerlab( iam lookin at pics of my PC i took cause i dont feel like takin off the panel right now lol )But yea PCI-E is sweet new stuff ya know
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Old May 25, 2006, 12:23 AM   #4
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Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
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250gb sata2 harddrive (western digital? get a 3 year warranty or better)


I was looking into building something like that for a while.
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Old May 25, 2006, 12:35 AM   #5
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I recomend this PSU. Odds are the one you have now has insufficient amperage. If you really want a nice one go for an OCZ PowerStream.
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Old May 25, 2006, 09:31 AM   #6
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Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
7600GT
cheap sli board (gygabite or something..)
Antec Truepower 2
2 gb of g.skill ram
250gb sata2 harddrive (western digital? get a 3 year warranty or better)


I was looking into building something like that for a while.
That looks like a good bet but you might want to consider getting two 80GB or 120GB SATAII hard drives and putting them in RAID 0 for really quick loading times.
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Old May 25, 2006, 01:01 PM   #7
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I recomend this PSU. Odds are the one you have now has insufficient amperage. If you really want a nice one go for an OCZ PowerStream.
Yea i got 25amps on the 12V rail so like yea iam set for a PSU, thanks anyway
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Old May 26, 2006, 12:52 AM   #8
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Any idea for a cool lookin case also?
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Old May 26, 2006, 12:57 AM   #10
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Oh wait your on a budget http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133007 There just amazing cases, I love them
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Old May 26, 2006, 01:12 AM   #11
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Yea sucks bein on a budget. I like the first one alot better, looks way cooler. Mostly i want the side window cause belive it or not i havent owned a case like that and i have pretty fans that you cant see but they both look sick.
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Old May 26, 2006, 02:12 AM   #12
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Check out my RedChrome, you should be able to build close to it for $600 (without the WC)
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=11774

Jetway GT4 mobo $50
AMD 3000+ $113
2 Hitachi 80 gig HDDs $100
X850XT $135
Memory $100
PS Silverstone Strider $50

Than a couple of fans should be less than $600.
 
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Old May 26, 2006, 02:36 AM   #13
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a lil over at $645 but much better ram and a x1800
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Thanks for all the help guys
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Old May 26, 2006, 02:52 PM   #16
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Oh wait your on a budget http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133007 There just amazing cases, I love them


Yes Thermaltake make great case s i love em too..
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Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
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cheap sli board (gygabite or something..)
Antec Truepower 2
2 gb of g.skill ram
250gb sata2 harddrive (western digital? get a 3 year warranty or better)


I was looking into building something like that for a while.
I second that, thats almost exactly what i was going to recomend.
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I like that, but do i really need SLI? whats yor opion on that? I like what Kenny posted wit hthe ATI and stuff
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Yes Thermaltake make great case s i love em too..
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You dont need sli. If you selected the X1800 I would go for a crossfire motherboard. In the future when you have saved again, you can buy a faster processor and another X1800 to keep up. Easy upgradability is a big plus for a new machine.
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OK i guess i'll look more into that thanks.
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Check out This case, can't beat a 250mm fan blowing air into your case. the other guys made some good recomendations for hardware. If you get this case, throw in some LED lights and youll have a cool looking glow.
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Old May 30, 2006, 12:59 AM   #23
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Ok, that is definetly the case iam gettin. I gotta keep my cat away from the side panel before it gets sucked in lol. I am finnally makin a list of the stuff ive decided on.
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Yeah, I bought one of those cases for a low end rig... real nice too. Just make sure to buy 6 80mm fans.
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PVT that has a option front 120mm fan mount insted of 4 80mms, I hate 80mnm fans soooo much. Oh ALSO GET AKASA FANS!!! Let me link you these fans are amazing and quiet, unless you want led fans. http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/ak80amseulqu.html
give them a shot, super quiet. Or go with LED louder ones

I highly reccomend quiet fans, i really regret getting noisy high flow ones now.

Also Xclio makes another version of this case, same thing different appearance here

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